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* In [[John Ringo]] works mentioning the French, at times he has kind words to say about their soldiers (like the ones that kicked ass in the expeditionary forces of the [[Posleen War Series]]), but ''never'' about their political leadership. |
* In [[John Ringo]] works mentioning the French, at times he has kind words to say about their soldiers (like the ones that kicked ass in the expeditionary forces of the [[Posleen War Series]]), but ''never'' about their political leadership. |
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* This trope is explicitly [[Defied Trope]] by the French in ''[[World War Z]]'', with [[Redshirt Army|disastrous results]]. The French felt that, after nearly a century of military humiliations ([[World War II]], [[The Vietnam War|Indochina]], Algeria), they needed to win a triumphant victory against the zombies in order to restore the nation's honor, and sent waves of soldiers into the Parisian catacombs to kill the quarter-million zombies down there. The reclamation of Paris was one of the bloodiest battles of the Zombie War. |
* This trope is explicitly [[Defied Trope]] by the French in ''[[World War Z]]'', with [[Redshirt Army|disastrous results]]. The French felt that, after nearly a century of military humiliations ([[World War II]], [[The Vietnam War|Indochina]], Algeria), they needed to win a triumphant victory against the zombies in order to restore the nation's honor, and sent waves of soldiers into the Parisian catacombs to kill the quarter-million zombies down there. The reclamation of Paris was one of the bloodiest battles of the Zombie War. |
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* Invoked explicitly in Tucker Max's book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell |
* Invoked explicitly in Tucker Max's book ''[[I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell]]'': |
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{{quote|"You fucking cheese-eating surrender monkey. I thought someone stunk around here. So if I start speaking German can I push you around and take all your stuff? Those hairy fucking stink-bags would be speaking Kraut right now if it wasn’t for us, and they aren’t the least bit appreciative. I hope they all fucking die, and your frog-sympathizing ass with them.”}} |
{{quote|"You fucking cheese-eating surrender monkey. I thought someone stunk around here. So if I start speaking German can I push you around and take all your stuff? Those hairy fucking stink-bags would be speaking Kraut right now if it wasn’t for us, and they aren’t the least bit appreciative. I hope they all fucking die, and your frog-sympathizing ass with them.”}} |
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*Averted in [[Horatio Hornblower]]. Frenchmen are considered incompetent(the real French navy of the time was locked up in harbor, didn't get any sea training, had no gunnery practice,and beheaded all it's best officers at the start of the war [[So, Yeah]]). However they are usually game enough for a fight. |
*Averted in [[Horatio Hornblower]]. Frenchmen are considered incompetent(the real French navy of the time was locked up in harbor, didn't get any sea training, had no gunnery practice,and beheaded all it's best officers at the start of the war [[So, Yeah]]). However they are usually game enough for a fight. |
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